{"database":"biostudies-literature","file_versions":[],"scores":null,"additional":{"omics_type":["Unknown"],"volume":["9"],"submitter":["Zhao Y"],"pubmed_abstract":["The maize (<i>Zea mays</i>) stigma, which is commonly known as silk, is indispensable for reproduction and thus for grain yield. Here, we isolated a spontaneous mutant <i>sk-A7110</i>, which completely lacks silk; scanning electron microscopy showed that the <i>sk-A7110</i> pistils degenerated during late floret differentiation. Genetic analysis confirmed that this trait was controlled by a recessive nuclear gene and <i>sk-A7110</i> was mapped to a 74.13-kb region on chromosome 2 between the simple sequence repeat markers <i>LA714</i> and <i>L277</i>. Sequence analysis of candidate genes in this interval identified a single-nucleotide insertion at position 569 downstream of the transcriptional start site in <i>Zm00001d002970</i>, which encodes a UDP-glycosyltransferase; this insertion prod"],"journal":["Frontiers in plant science"],"pagination":["1227"],"full_dataset_link":["https://www.ebi.ac.uk/biostudies/studies/S-EPMC6111845"],"repository":["biostudies-literature"],"pubmed_title":["Mapping and Functional Analysis of a Maize Silkless Mutant <i>sk-A7110</i>."],"pmcid":["PMC6111845"],"pubmed_authors":["Zhang Y","Liu B","Wang X","Gao X","Xu W","Zhao Y","Wang L"],"additional_accession":[]},"is_claimable":false,"name":"Mapping and Functional Analysis of a Maize Silkless Mutant <i>sk-A7110</i>.","description":"The maize (<i>Zea mays</i>) stigma, which is commonly known as silk, is indispensable for reproduction and thus for grain yield. Here, we isolated a spontaneous mutant <i>sk-A7110</i>, which completely lacks silk; scanning electron microscopy showed that the <i>sk-A7110</i> pistils degenerated during late floret differentiation. Genetic analysis confirmed that this trait was controlled by a recessive nuclear gene and <i>sk-A7110</i> was mapped to a 74.13-kb region on chromosome 2 between the simple sequence repeat markers <i>LA714</i> and <i>L277</i>. Sequence analysis of candidate genes in this interval identified a single-nucleotide insertion at position 569 downstream of the transcriptional start site in <i>Zm00001d002970</i>, which encodes a UDP-glycosyltransferase; this insertion prod","dates":{"release":"2018-01-01T00:00:00Z","publication":"2018","modification":"2026-04-08T00:46:05.307Z","creation":"2019-03-26T23:54:39Z"},"accession":"S-EPMC6111845","cross_references":{"pubmed":["30186299"],"doi":["10.3389/fpls.2018.01227"]}}